MFA in Visual Arts low-residency program
700 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2012
Applications due March 15* for June 2012 residency.
* Deadline has been extended due to popular demand
www.aiboston.edu/mfa/applications
The MFA in Visual Arts low-residency full-time program, offered by The Art Institute of Boston (AIB) at Lesley University, provides the ideal solution for artists, teachers, and professionals in related fields who are seeking professional advancement in the field of visual arts. The MFA program allows students, with the guidance of a faculty advisor and a studio mentor, to design their own studio and academic plans each semester. The MFA faculty includes internationally known artists and scholars. Fia Backstrom represented Sweden in the Venice Biennale, 2011. Liz Deschenes is included in the upcoming Whitney Biennial, 2012. MFA mentors are comprised of nationally and internationally recognized artists as our low residency structure allows students to travel to work with their mentors on an on-going basis.
MFA Faculty, Student, and Alumni Highlights:
MFA Faculty member Liz Deschenes is included in the Whitney Biennial 2012
MFA Faulty member Fia Backstrom represented Sweden in the Venice Biennial 2011.
Judith Barry, MFA in Visual Arts Program Director & MFA Faculty member, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2011
MFA Candidate Jeff Brown won one of the two awards at the 2011 In-Out Festival at Laznia CCA in Gdansk, Poland, out a pool of 150 submissions.
In 2008 and 2009, AIB MFA students have won the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, awarded to only 10–15 graduating MFA students in painting and sculpture nationwide.
“The residency atmosphere is intense with non-stop honest input and feedback. The combined voices of my advisors, studio mentors, and classmates have brought big changes in my work. I’ve never worked harder.” — Anne Baumgartner, MFA, ’10
“The MFA program helped me see my work in new ways—ways that opened up opportunities for serious change.” — R.J. Calabrese, MFA, ’09
Visiting Artist Faculty has included: Kamrooz Aram, Cory Arcangel, Dike Blair, Andreas Fogarasi, Adam McEwen, Carrie Moyer, Barry Schwabsky, and Carol Squiers.
Recent Visitors include: Nayland Blake, Holly Block, Barbara Bloom, Sarah Charlesworth, Tony Cokes, Liz Deschenes, Vincent Desiderio, Thomas Eggerer, Maureen Gallace, Renée Green, Dana Hoey, Jacqueline Humphries, Barbara London, Jean Lowe, Tony Matelli, Annu Matthew, Rita McBride, Marilyn Minter, Rebecca Morris, J. Morgan Puett, Alexis Rockman, Julia Scher, and Wendy White.
Faculty include: Anthony Apesos, Jan Avgikos, Fia Backström, Hannah Barrett, Judith Barry, Deborah Davidson, John Kramer, Michael Newman, Oscar Palacio, Cesare Pietroiusti, Constanze Ruhm, Sunanda K. Sanyal, Laurel Sparks, Stuart Steck, Oliver Wasow, and Deb Todd Wheeler.
Applications due March 15* for June 2012 residency.
* Deadline has been extended due to popular demand
For more information including application information visit: www.aiboston.edu/mfa/applications
